2018 Bolivian Primera División season

Bolivian Primera División
Season2018
Dates27 January – 19 December 2018
ChampionsApertura: Jorge Wilstermann (14th title)
Clausura: San José (4th title)
RelegatedUniversitario
Copa LibertadoresJorge Wilstermann
San José
The Strongest
Bolívar
Copa SudamericanaRoyal Pari
Oriente Petrolero
Nacional Potosí
Guabirá
Matches played308
Goals scored980 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Carlos Saucedo (18 goals)
Clausura: 3 players (20 goals each)
Biggest home winSan José 8–0 Destroyers
(12 May)
Bolívar 8–0 Real Potosí
(16 December)
The Strongest 8–0 Blooming
(19 December)
Biggest away winReal Potosí 0–6 Wilstermann
(29 April)
Highest scoringBolívar 7–5 Royal Pari
(7 October)
2019 →

The 2018 Bolivian Primera División season was the 41st season of Bolivia's top-flight football league and the first season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. Bolívar were the defending champions, having won the 2017 Clausura tournament.

In the Torneo Apertura, Jorge Wilstermann won their fourteenth league title, and seventh in the professional era, after beating The Strongest on penalties in the third and last match of the finals on 6 June,[1] and San José won their fourth league title in the Torneo Clausura on 19 December after tying with Royal Pari by a 1–1 score.[2]

Format

Given that the league was expanded from 12 to 14 teams, the league format had a slight variation for this season. The Torneo Apertura was played in the first half of the year, with the 14 teams being split into two groups of seven teams each for the first stage, in which teams in each group played each other as well as a team from the other group (their derby rival) twice, for a total of 14 matches. The top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage, where they were sorted in four ties played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winners of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament. The six teams that failed to qualify for the knockout stage played another separate knockout tournament for a berth to the Copa Sudamericana.[3] On the other hand, the Torneo Clausura was played in the second half of the year under a double round-robin system, with all teams playing each other twice for a total of 26 matches.[4]

International qualification was as follows: the champions and runners-up of each tournament qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores, while the third-placed team in each tournament, as well as the fourth-placed in the Clausura and the winners of the Apertura's secondary knockout tournament would qualify for the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.[3]

Teams

The number of teams for the 2018 season was increased by two, from twelve to fourteen. Aurora and Royal Pari were promoted to the top flight after winning the 2016–17 Copa Simón Bolívar and 2017 Copa Simón Bolívar, respectively. Petrolero was relegated to the ATF Championship after losing the relegation playoff to Destroyers, the 2016–17 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up.

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Locations of the 2018 Primera División teams.
Team Manager Home city Home stadium Capacity
Aurora Bolivia Marcos Ferrufino Cochabamba Félix Caprilesa 32,000
Blooming Bolivia Erwin Sánchez Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Bolívar Uruguay Alfredo Arias La Paz Hernando Siles 42,000
Destroyers Bolivia Óscar Ramírez Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Guabirá Bolivia Víctor Hugo Antelo Montero Gilberto Paradab 13,000
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia Álvaro Peña Cochabamba Félix Caprilesa 32,000
Nacional Potosí Bolivia Alberto Illanes Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Oriente Petrolero Bolivia Ronald Arana Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
Real Potosí Bolivia Darwin Peña (caretaker) Potosí Víctor Agustín Ugarte 32,105
Royal Pari Peru Roberto Mosquera Santa Cruz Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera 38,000
San José Bolivia Eduardo Villegas Oruro Jesús Bermúdez 33,795
Sport Boys Argentina César Vigevani Warnes Samuel Vaca 9,000
The Strongest Venezuela César Farías La Paz Hernando Siles 42,000
Universitario de Sucre Argentina Adrián Romero Sucre Olímpico Patria 30,700

a: Aurora and Jorge Wilstermann played their Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Capitán José Angulo in Sacaba due to the closure of Estadio Félix Capriles in preparation of the 2018 South American Games. Aurora played its Torneo Apertura home match against Jorge Wilstermann at Estadio Evo Morales in Ivirgarzama.[5]
b: Guabirá played six of their seven home games in the Torneo Apertura first stage at Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Estadio Samuel Vaca in Warnes while their regular stadium Estadio Gilberto Parada underwent remodeling works.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Nacional Potosí Spain Ángel Pérez García Sacked 8 February 2018[6] 6th (Serie B) Argentina Edgardo Malvestiti 10 February 2018[7]
Sport Boys Bolivia Marcos Ferrufino 25 February 2018[8] 7th (Serie B) Argentina César Vigevani 25 February 2018[8]
Blooming Costa Rica Jeaustin Campos Mutual consent 6 March 2018[9] 5th (Serie B) Bolivia Roly Paniagua (caretaker) 7 March 2018[10]
Blooming Bolivia Roly Paniagua End of caretaker spell 25 March 2018[11] 4th (Serie B) Bolivia Erwin Sánchez 26 March 2018[11]
The Strongest Argentina Carlos Ischia Mutual consent 26 March 2018[12] 2nd (Serie B) Venezuela César Farías 29 March 2018[13]
Royal Pari Mexico David de la Torre 4 April 2018[14] 7th (Serie B) Argentina Miguel Abrigo (caretaker) 4 April 2018[14]
Aurora Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú Resigned 16 April 2018[15] 5th (Serie B) Bolivia Román Arriarán (caretaker) 16 April 2018[15]
Royal Pari Argentina Miguel Abrigo End of caretaker spell 17 April 2018[16] 7th (Serie B) Peru Roberto Mosquera 17 April 2018[16]
Oriente Petrolero Argentina Néstor Clausen Mutual consent 14 May 2018[17] 3rd (Serie A), QFs Argentina Juan Manuel Llop 9 June 2018[18]
Real Potosí Bolivia Milton Maygua 14 May 2018[19] 5th (Serie A), SFs Bolivia Néstor Cari (caretaker) 16 May 2018[20]
Universitario de Sucre Argentina Óscar Sanz End of contract 15 May 2018[21] 7th (Serie A), QFs Argentina Carlos Leeb 4 June 2018[22]
Torneo Clausura
Bolívar Brazil Vinícius Eutrópio Sacked 9 June 2018[23] Pre-tournament Uruguay Alfredo Arias 16 June 2018[24]
Real Potosí Bolivia Néstor Cari End of caretaker spell 13 June 2018 Argentina Wálter Botto 13 June 2018[25]
Aurora Bolivia Román Arriarán 18 June 2018 Paraguay Roberto Pérez 18 June 2018[26]
Real Potosí Argentina Wálter Botto Sacked 4 August 2018[27] 13th Bolivia Sergio Apaza 4 August 2018[27]
Aurora Paraguay Roberto Pérez Resigned 7 August 2018[28] 13th Bolivia Marcos Ferrufino 8 August 2018[29]
Destroyers Bolivia José Peña 13 August 2018[30] 11th Brazil Cleibson Ferreira 14 August 2018[31]
Nacional Potosí Argentina Edgardo Malvestiti Sacked 21 August 2018[32] 10th Bolivia Alberto Illanes 22 August 2018[33]
Universitario de Sucre Argentina Carlos Leeb 21 August 2018[34] 14th Argentina Adrián Romero 22 August 2018[35]
Oriente Petrolero Argentina Juan Manuel Llop Resigned 20 September 2018[36] 6th Bolivia Luis Marín Camacho (caretaker) 21 September 2018[37]
Oriente Petrolero Bolivia Luis Marín Camacho End of caretaker spell 30 September 2018 6th Bolivia Ronald Arana 1 October 2018[38]
Destroyers Brazil Cleibson Ferreira Resigned 26 October 2018[39] 11th Bolivia Óscar Ramírez 26 October 2018[39]
Real Potosí Bolivia Sergio Apaza Sacked 19 December 2018[40] 13th Bolivia Darwin Peña (caretaker) 19 December 2018[40]

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura began on 27 January and ended on 6 June.

Standings

Serie A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jorge Wilstermann 14 10 2 2 42 13 +29 32 Qualification to Championship playoff
2 Bolívar 14 7 4 3 30 16 +14 25
3 Oriente Petrolero 14 5 5 4 26 21 +5 20
4 Destroyers 14 3 7 4 22 28 −6 16
5 Real Potosí[a] 14 5 1 8 23 47 −24 13 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana playoff
6 Guabirá 14 2 5 7 23 28 −5 11
7 Universitario de Sucre 14 2 5 7 18 29 −11 11
Source: LFPB, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Real Potosí were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay debts with former players and managers.[41]

Serie B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San José 14 9 4 1 29 11 +18 31 Qualification to Championship playoff
2 The Strongest 14 7 1 6 22 16 +6 22
3 Nacional Potosí 14 5 3 6 21 24 −3 18
4 Blooming[a] 14 7 2 5 18 20 −2 17
5 Royal Pari 14 3 5 6 13 19 −6 14 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana playoff
6 Aurora 14 3 5 6 14 21 −7 14
7 Sport Boys 14 3 5 6 14 22 −8 14
Source: LFPB, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Blooming were deducted six points as punishment for outstanding debts with former players Ignacio Ithurralde and Marcos Acosta.[42][43]

Results

Home \ Away AUR BLO BOL DES GUA WIL NAC OPE RPO RPA SJO SBO STR UNI
Aurora — 0–2 — — — 0–0 2–0 — — 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 —
Blooming 1–0 — — — — — 1–2 1–1 — 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 —
Bolívar — — — 1–1 2–0 5–1 — 0–0 5–1 — — — 3–0 2–0
Destroyers — — 2–2 — 4–4 0–2 — 3–1 2–0 0–2 — — — 1–0
Guabirá — — 4–1 0–0 — 1–3 — 1–2 6–0 — — 1–1 — 2–2
Jorge Wilstermann 5–1 — 4–2 4–0 3–0 — — 1–0 4–0 — — — — 7–0
Nacional Potosí 1–1 4–3 — — — — — — 2–3 2–2 2–2 3–0 0–1 —
Oriente Petrolero — 1–2 0–0 4–4 5–2 3–1 — — 3–1 — — — — 4–2
Real Potosí — — 1–6 5–2 2–1 0–6 3–2 2–1 — — — — — 4–4
Royal Pari 3–0 0–1 — 2–2 — — 1–0 — — — 0–2 1–2 0–2 —
San José 3–2 4–0 — — — — 1–2 — — 3–0 — 4–0 3–1 2–1
Sport Boys 1–2 0–2 — — 1–1 — 4–0 — — 0–0 0–0 — 3–2 —
The Strongest 2–1 4–0 2–0 — — — 0–1 — — 3–0 1–1 3–0 — —
Universitario de Sucre — — 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 3–1 — 1–2 — — —
Source: LFPB, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoff

Quarterfinals

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Penalty shootout (if needed)
Jorge Wilstermann 6:0 Blooming 3–0 3–1 —
Nacional Potosí 0:6 Bolívar 1–2 0–1 —
Oriente Petrolero 0:6 The Strongest 0–1 1–5 —
Destroyers 3:3 San José 1–0 0–8 2–4

Semifinals

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Penalty shootout (if needed)
San José 0:6 Jorge Wilstermann 2–4 0–1 —
Bolívar 1:4 The Strongest 0–1 1–1 —

Third place play-off

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Tiebreaker match
(if needed)
San José 6:0 Bolívar 4–0 2–0 —

Finals

The Strongest2–1Jorge Wilstermann
 Report
Referee: Juan Nelio García
Jorge Wilstermann2–1The Strongest
 Report
Referee: Ivo Méndez
Jorge Wilstermann2–2The Strongest
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Referee: Ivo Méndez


 División de Fútbol Profesional
2018 Torneo Apertura champions 
Jorge Wilstermann
14th domestic title

Copa Sudamericana playoff

Quarterfinals

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Penalty shootout (if needed)
Sport Boys 4:1 Real Potosí 0–0 2–1 —
Guabirá 4:1 Aurora 1–0 0–0 —
Royal Pari 6:0 Universitario de Sucre 1–0 2–0 —

Semifinals

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Penalty shootout (if needed)
Royal Pari 3:3 Real Potosí 2–1 0–3 3–4
Guabirá 2:2 Sport Boys 2–2 0–0 5–4

Finals

Teams Scores
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Tiebreaker match
(if needed)
Guabirá 6:0 Real Potosí 4–1 2–0 —

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Bolivia Carlos Saucedo San José 18
2 Bolivia Gilbert Álvarez Jorge Wilstermann 16
3 Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo Guabirá 12
4 Brazil Jefferson Tavares Destroyers 9
5 Venezuela José Alí Meza Oriente Petrolero 8
6 Spain Juanmi Callejón Bolívar 7
Bolivia Ricardo Pedriel Jorge Wilstermann
Bolivia Rodrigo Ramallo San José
Colombia Harold Reina Nacional Potosí
Argentina Marcos Riquelme Bolívar

Source: LFPB

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San José (C) 26 17 2 7 71 38 +33 53 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 The Strongest 26 16 2 8 65 29 +36 50 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
3 Royal Pari 26 15 5 6 51 35 +16 50
4 Bolívar 26 15 2 9 72 45 +27 47
5 Jorge Wilstermann 26 13 5 8 42 30 +12 44
6 Sport Boys 26 12 5 9 44 47 −3 41
7 Nacional Potosí 26 11 5 10 43 40 +3 38
8 Oriente Petrolero 26 11 5 10 27 32 −5 38
9 Blooming 26 10 6 10 41 43 −2 36
10 Guabirá 26 9 3 14 37 48 −11 30
11 Aurora 26 8 3 15 25 40 −15 27
12 Real Potosí 26 6 4 16 30 68 −38 22
13 Universitario de Sucre[a] 26 6 5 15 18 50 −32 20
14 Destroyers 26 4 6 16 22 45 −23 18
Source: FBF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Universitario de Sucre were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former manager Óscar Sanz.[44]

Results

Home \ Away AUR BLO BOL DES GUA WIL NAC OPE RPO RPA SJO SBO STR UNI
Aurora — 0–0 0–4 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 4–2 1–2 0–0
Blooming 2–1 — 3–2 1–0 2–3 0–3 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 7–1
Bolívar 3–0 3–0 — 5–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 8–0 7–5 4–2 3–3 1–1 6–0
Destroyers 1–0 1–1 0–2 — 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 1–1
Guabirá 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 — 4–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 0–2 2–0
Jorge Wilstermann 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 — 2–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Nacional Potosí 2–1 0–0 6–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 — 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–5 1–1 2–3 2–0
Oriente Petrolero 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 7–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0
Real Potosí 1–0 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–0 — 1–2 0–5 3–1 0–3 1–1
Royal Pari 4–1 3–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–0
San José 3–2 4–1 3–2 3–1 6–0 2–1 2–3 5–0 2–1 1–1 — 6–0 3–1 3–0
Sport Boys 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–3 3–0 — 2–2 2–1
The Strongest 0–1 8–0 0–1 4–1 6–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 4–2 6–0 — 2–1
Universitario de Sucre 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


 División de Fútbol Profesional
2018 Torneo Clausura champions 
San José
4th domestic title

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Panama Rolando Blackburn The Strongest 20
Colombia Jair Reinoso San José
Argentina Marcos Riquelme Bolívar
4 Bolivia Pablo Escobar The Strongest 16
5 Spain Juanmi Callejón Bolívar 15
Colombia John Jairo Mosquera Royal Pari
7 Uruguay William Ferreira Bolívar 14
Argentina Martín Prost Sport Boys
9 Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo Guabirá 13
10 Colombia Harold Reina Nacional Potosí 12
Argentina Javier Sanguinetti San José

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

The aggregate table was elaborated considering the results in the Torneo Apertura (only the first stage) and the Torneo Clausura. The bottom-placed team in this table at the end of the season was relegated, while the next lowest placed team played the relegation playoff. In addition to this, all international qualification berths left vacant at the end of the season were allocated through this table.[45]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San José (C) 40 26 6 8 99 49 +50 84 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Jorge Wilstermann (C) 40 23 7 10 85 42 +43 76
3 The Strongest 40 23 3 14 87 45 +42 72 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Bolívar 40 22 6 12 102 61 +41 72 Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
5 Royal Pari 40 18 10 12 65 53 +12 64 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 Oriente Petrolero 40 16 10 14 53 53 0 58
7 Nacional Potosí 40 16 8 16 64 64 0 56
8 Sport Boys 40 15 10 15 58 69 −11 55
9 Blooming[a] 40 17 8 15 59 62 −3 53
10 Guabirá 40 11 8 21 60 76 −16 41 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
11 Aurora 40 11 8 21 39 61 −22 41
12 Real Potosí[b] 40 11 5 24 53 115 −62 35
13 Destroyers (O) 40 7 13 20 44 73 −29 34 Qualification to Relegation playoff
14 Universitario de Sucre[c] (R) 40 8 10 22 36 79 −43 31 Relegation to Copa Simón Bolívar
Source: Boliviagol
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide teams for relegation), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Blooming were deducted six points as punishment for outstanding debts with former players Ignacio Ithurralde and Marcos Acosta.[42][43]
  2. ^ Real Potosí were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay debts with former players and managers.[41]
  3. ^ Universitario were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay an outstanding debt with former manager Óscar Sanz.[44]

Relegation/promotion playoff

The relegation playoff was played between:

The winners will play in the top flight for the 2019 season.

Avilés Industrial1–2Destroyers
 Report
Referee: Luis Yrusta
Destroyers2–0Avilés Industrial
 Report
Referee: Raúl Orosco

Destroyers won 6–0 on points.

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